Imperial Screen Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War 1931-1945

From the late 1920s through World War II, film became a crucial tool in the state of Japan. Detailing the way Japanese directors, scriptwriters, company officials, and bureaucrats colluded to produce films that supported the war effort, Imperial Screen is a highly readable account of the realities of cultural life in wartime Japan. High's treatment of the Japanese film world as a microcosm of the entire sphere of Japanese wartime culture demonstrates what happens when conscientious artists and intellectuals become enmeshed in a totalitarian regime. This English language edition is revised and expanded from the original Japanese edition.High, Peter B. is the author of 'Imperial Screen Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War 1931-1945' with ISBN 9780299181345 and ISBN 0299181340.